Ducks and Fish

We have had a fabulous weekend spending a lot of time outside. Saturday we spent the day hanging out with Matt and his brother Mike. First we went to the park and played frisbee. That was followed by a trip to the Sycamore pool. It was our first time at the local pool this summer and it was a lot of fun. Can't wait to go again!



Today we continued our outdoor fun. This morning Josh, Abby and I headed over to the Farmer's Market in Sycamore where we got to taste some local wine (not Abby of course!) and buy some local veggies and baked goods. They hold the market every Sunday and I'm sure we'll be visiting again.





After lunch we went over to the lagoon at NIU to feed the ducks. We were lucky and got to feed some babies.





Baby ducks in action







When the bread ran out, we decided to try our luck fishing in the lagoon. It was Abby's first time trying to fish and she was very excited. We found a good spot and were lucky to have 2 catches which we suspect may have been the same fish both times. The fish was a little stinker and pretty smart because it kept stealing the hot dog pieces we used as bait right off the hook.








The big catch:




And while all this fishing was going on, I was:




...reading of course!


There's nothing as relaxing to me as sitting outside on a warm sunny day with a good book and my family nearby.




Some more photos from today: